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Patented May 14, 1872.

PATENT QFFICE.

JOSIAH MAYES, OF` OXFORD, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CH URNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,725, dated May 14, 1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Friction Attachment for l with guides for the dasher; and it consists in the combination oi' shoes or friction-plates with the dasher and vertical guides, as hereinafter described.

A represents the body of a churn, and B the cover, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new. C is a frame-Work, which may be made of wood or metal, as may be desired. The frame C consists of four, more or less, vertical bars, connected and held in their proper position by hoops at their upper and lower ends, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The frame C is made of such a size that it may be conveniently inserted and removed from the churn A, when required. One, two, or

more of the vertical bars of the frame C are made with flanges upon their side Vedges to serve as guides to the dasher in its up-anddown movement. D is the dasher-handle, which passes through a hole in the center of the cover B, and to its lower end is attached the dasher E. To the outer ends of the arms or blades of the dasher E are attached shoes F, to slide along the vertical bars of the frame C. The ends of the shoes F are bent inward slightly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that they cannot catch upon the frame C as they are sliding up and down.

.By this device a friction will be obtained, which, in connection with the agitation caused by the dasher, will bring the butter in a very short time, and will. develop all the butter there may be in the milk.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as ynew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the shoes F with the dasher E to adapt it for use with the frictionframe C, substantially as herein shown and described,y and for the purpose set forth.

J OSIAH MAYES.

Witnesses:

O. H. GURTrs, W. E. CHAPMAN. 

